In Pictures: International Women's Day

Today, woman around the world are celebrating International Women's Day. U.N. agencies are calling for greater efforts to ensure gender equality and end hunger and poverty.

1Participants dance during an International Women's Day rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, March 8, 2017.

2Women wear purple ribbons on their faces during the "Todas en Silencio" demonstration to mark the U.N.-designated International Women's Day, in front of La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2017.

3Magda Malek is the first Egyptian female pilot to fly EgyptAir's biggest jet airliner, the Boeing 777-333, March 8, 2017.

4Indian ragpicker women rest after searching for recyclable material at a garbage dumping site on International Women's Day in Gauhati, March 8, 2017.